2000-12-30 Richard Moore Friends, Common Courage Press sent me a free reviewer’s copy of it’s new book release by John Ross, “The War Against Oblivion – The Zapatista Chronicles”. I haven’t had time to read it all yet, but a preliminary browse leads me to recommend it highly for your consideration. The Zapatistas see their … Read more
2000-12-27 Richard Moore Friends, I would very much like to get some feedback from you on the later chapters of the Guidebook. I didn’t expect a lot of disucssion on the first chapter, because that was largely a refinement of ideas we’ve all discussed before. Noenetheless, a lot of good feedback did come in, and … Read more
2000-12-25 Jan Slakov Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 11:42:51 EST Reply-To: •••@••.••• From: Refuse & Resist! <•••@••.•••> Subject: [RNR_ANNOUNCE] Clemency for Leonard Peltier! Please pass along to everyone quickly. Time is of the essence. Clinton announced some clemencies but not for Peltier. In the face of FBI marchs against clemency for Peltier — the voice … Read more
2000-12-25 Jan Slakov Dear RN, One book I have been reading lately, Machaelle Small Wright’s _DAncing in the Shadows of the Moon, suggests there are entities at another level who try to direct world leaders towards good, even people in the Pentagon. The idea is a bit hard to concieve of for someone like me, … Read more
2000-12-23 Jan Slakov Dear RN, I cannot help but kind of love this time of year, even though I am distraught by all the consumerism. Ideally, we take time to look for beauty (eg. cards, trees, snow…) and also to think of the people (and other beings too!) we love and how we might show … Read more
2000-12-22 Richard Moore ============================================================================ A GUIDEBOOK: HOW THE WORLD WORKS AND HOW WE CAN CHANGE IT (C) 2000, Richard K. Moore http://cyberjournal.org/ Chapter 2: What kind of world do we want? ===> a. Globalization: crisis and opportunity b. Birth scenario for a new global system c. Fundamental principles of a livable world d. Localism, diversity, … Read more
2000-12-21 Richard Moore Friends, The Guidebook and ‘Envisioning a successful movement’ seem to be striking some chords out there. Thanks to all of you who have been contributing and critiquing as this material has been developing, and thanks to those who sent in these recent responses. enjoy, rkm ============================================================================ Delivered-To: moderator for •••@••.••• Date: Mon, … Read more
2000-12-20 Richard Moore Friends, I’d like to share with you a wonderful essay by Rosa Zubizarreta. “I do believe that we need to find some common ground in order to ‘move forward’ as a country. Yet we may need to work long and hard for that common ground. I do not believe that we can … Read more
2000-12-19 Richard Moore Friends, I’ve just updated our website. The list archives have been brought current, and the draft of last-year’s book attempt “Achieving a Livable and Peaceful World” is now available on the “Published Articles” page. Parts I and II of the book are complete, and offer a more comprehensive historical treatment than does … Read more
2000-12-18 Richard Moore —————————————————————————- ENVISIONING A SUCCESSFUL MOVEMENT rkm – 18 Dec 00 http://cyberjournal.org/cj/guide/ (sketches for gudebook – chapter 3) (feedback & discussion welcome) CONTEXT: The seeds of CHANGE ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (1) The latent components of a radical global mass movement ALREADY EXIST. They exist as many different movements pursuing various objectives, with differing constituencies, analyses, … Read more